Kind of Sort of Really (not) Relevant

So, Halloween has been over for a little over a week now, which means that if you really want to snag anymore reduced-price bite-size candy bars or costumes, now's the time to do it, before the Christmas stuff swallows the last of the Halloween stuff alive.
So, I'm hoping to get this AWESOME costume at a reduced price somewhere:

This is brilliant. Absolutley brilliant. This has to be the best execution of the Naughty Librarian archetype I have ever seen. The cape may very well by my favorite part of the ensemble, but the book-print skirt is a close second. Let's go in for a close-up of said skirt, shall we?

Now, not many people know this, but public librarians are required by law to own and wear bookprint clothing. It varies from state to state, but I know in New York, it has be at least 40% of your clothing.

Four books? Was that all the titles they could think up? And how, exactly, does "Short Stories" fit into the whole sex motif? And the cape. I can't get over the cape. What the hell is the deal with the cape? That's not "sexy," that's "baffling" or "incogruous."

Anyway, I suppose the whole point of this entry is to demonstate one of the (bad) examples of a subversive image of librarians in popular culture. It's certainly not worth $60 in my opinion, but I'm cheap as hell. I'd grocery shop at GoodWill, were that possible. That said, it just might be a little telling that the model is wearing a strand of pearls; that seems to be a part of the overall image of the Naughty/Sexy Librarian. (I also happen to own a strand of pearls myself.) (Shut up.)

Goddamn My Eyes Hurt

My DSL was finally connected today, so I spent the vast majority of today (about eight hours) catching up on homework, as I have two reports due next week, along with the usual stuff. I've been cooking soup and writing about the history of printing in Asia (which, of course, predates the history of printing in Europe) all day. I've also been looking up my topic in various databases. Maybe I'm going about this the wrong way--and I probably am--but I'm beginning to think thatmaybe five articles have been written on the topic of librarians and their image in the last ten years, and they all focus on the Angry Cat-Lady Spinster image. I'm gonna fail this class.

My sister went to Peru, and on trips to the Galapagos Islands and the rainforest. My oldest brother is on his way to Antarctica. I made soup today, and I think my nose ring is getting infected. >sigh< Such is life. I'm going to bed.